Frank MacKey

American polo player
Medal record
Men's polo
Representing a  Mixed team
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1900 Paris Team competition

Frank Joseph MacKey (March 20, 1852 in Gilboa, New York – February 24, 1927 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) was an American polo player in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Foxhunters Hurlingham polo team which won the gold medal.[1] He also was a businessman, founding HSBC Finance in 1878.[1] In 1927, he committed suicide by shooting himself while living with a terminal illness.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Frank MacKey". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

External links

  • Frank MacKey at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
  • Frank MacKey at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 13, 2007)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Mackey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.


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